Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Yesterday was the 64 anniversary of the Turkish occupation of Iskandaron or what Turkey call it Hatay . The 4600 square meters area located at the north west side of Syria and was historically a part of the Syria . The occupation of this part of Syria was as a consequence of a deal between France , who was occupying Syria . In return , Turkey would be a part of the coalition against Hitler in World War 2 .A major part of the Arabs inhabitants of Iskandaron pushed to leave their lands and farms and flee to Syria , the mother land ,after a serious of racist acts by the Turkish Authorities . A lot of the most important historical Syrian figures are descended from Iskandaron . The founder of Ba'ath Party , the Syrian Ruling Party , are from this part of Syria .Ba'ath party itself has been founded as a consequence of Turkish racism against minorities , abolishing their rights and prohibiting their languages and traditions . Zaki Arsouzi and other Syrian figures has founded Ba'ath party to raise the Arabism soul between Arabs in Iskandanron and to safe the Arabic language between them .The Syrian TV , Sama , has broadcast ed a live coverage yesterday on this event . It hosted a Syrian historian from Iskandaron , Ali Al-qasem who talked about Arabs in Turkey and Iskandaron particularly. In his speech he focused on the Syrian right in Iskandaron and how they , in Iskandaroon , are standing with Syria against the Turkish interference in its internal issues .He stressed on the fact that they are Syrians and they will remain Syrians . The Syrian flag was put behind him as a sign of his loyalty to the Syria land .It was the first time ever , Syria media focuses on this issue .Iskandaron was part of things we used put it in our secondaries focusing mainly on the Syrian Golan .The current crisis in Syria pushes the Syrian nationals to re-evaluate their priorities and restore all the issues which have been forgotten or at least ignored during decades.